The authors of your textbook say that effective assessment is multidimensional, meaning that it should be based on:
a. several different literacy tasks.
b. observation.
c. teacher judgment.
d. all of the above
Question 2
Why should effective assessment identify student strengths?
a. Grade assignment should always be based on strengths.
b. A student's literacy develops by doing what he/she already knows while getting support in learning new strategies and techniques.
c. If we know a student's strengths, we can ignore them and focus on weaknesses. d. Students should never be asked to do anything they don't already know how to do.